Learning what spiritual growth and christ-likeness is and how to experience it
Sometimes discipleship is made to sound too mechanical and difficult, leading to most followers of Christ not personally discipling others as Jesus’ commanded (Matthew 28:18-20). Since Jesus’ command was universal to all of His followers, He expects each one to take it personally as His vision for their life. In the last letter written by Paul that was included in the Canon of Scripture, he spoke to Timothy about enduring and suffering for the cause of the Gospel of Jesus…
While making a recent hospital visit to ‘minister to’ a family that is part of our church, Jack and Carolyn Morton, I had an unexpected conversation with them that was more like they ministered to me. Yes we discussed Jack’s unexpected cancer diagnosis and the plan of treatment. We discussed how the children and grandchildren were doing with the shock of the news. We talked about what was going on at church. All of this was good, but here is…
Who is the one person in your life, past or present, you think of when you hear the phrase – spiritually mature? If you are like me there is at least one person who comes to mind. Why do I think of them? What are the characteristics I identify? Loving Kindness Gracious Forgiving I know this list is short and non-exhaustive, but how is that for starters? Do you see what these terms have in common? They are relational terms. …